Sentences with phrase «of health commissioner»

The governor's announcement, articulated by his acting Department of Health commissioner Howard Zucker and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens, delays any potential gas drilling in New York State for at least several more years as more data becomes available.

Members would include the interim head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Health commissioner, and others.

The bill also puts the state health commissioner in control of the program and gives the governor authority to end the program at any time on the recommendation of the health commissioner or state police superintendent.

Not exact matches

Holcomb, who replaced Mike Pence and is seen as more of a pragmatist, appointed a female obstetrician - gynecologist to be his new health commissioner.

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He says, «a small - or medium - sized business should actually go to their local board of health or commissioner of health and have these discussions periodically as to what they should be looking for.»

The legislation was proposed at a Board of Health meeting last month by Dr. Jay K. Varma, deputy commissioner for disease control for New York City's health department, after 11 infants contracted neonatal herpes between November 2000 and December 2011, after the circumcision rHealth meeting last month by Dr. Jay K. Varma, deputy commissioner for disease control for New York City's health department, after 11 infants contracted neonatal herpes between November 2000 and December 2011, after the circumcision rhealth department, after 11 infants contracted neonatal herpes between November 2000 and December 2011, after the circumcision ritual.

«The city's highest obligation is to protect its children; therefore, it is important that parents know the risks associated with the practice,» said Dr. Thomas A. Farley, commissioner of the city's health department, in a news release.

Harvey W. Wiley, the first commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, was against using the preservative, citing scores of health complications it could cause.

A «mistrust» of scientific advancement is «holding back» science - based innovation in the European food sector, European health and food safety commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis warned yesterday (23 February).

In 1994, she was adopted by Deborah McFadden, a commissioner of disabilities for the U.S. Health Department, and moved to the United States where she was raised in Clarksville, Maryland.

While much of what the speakers at the N.F.L. / USA Football luncheon I attended last week in New York City was concussions and football safety advice MomsTEAM has been giving parents for years, what impressed me the most was what we were told about the ongoing efforts by the league and its youth football partner to improve health and safety for football players from the pros down to the youth level, a topic which takes up more of N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell's time than any other.

In order to address this deficit in service provision, and to meet the aspirations of new fathers and mothers, the Fatherhood Institute convened a consortium of family organisations, representatives of health professionals, and commissioners and providers of children's services.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: 3935 - A (2011) requires the commissioners of education and health to establish rules and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students of school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, and nonpublic schools who suffer traumatic brain injury.

To top it off, Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, noted the combined educational and long - term health benefits of farm to sHealth, noted the combined educational and long - term health benefits of farm to shealth benefits of farm to school.

Commissioners are considering another proposal for the site that calls for construction of the village's first ice rink and community center, with a health and fitness facility and swimming pool.

The Downers Grove Park District Board of Commissioners voted 4 - 1 last year to sue the hospital to block construction of a $ 14 million health and fitness facility, which environmentalists said would cause extensive ecological damage to Lyman Woods and a buffer zone.

Dr Ajay Khera, deputy commissioner for child health, has said that human milk banks will be called as lactation management centres and that human milk banking will be a part of an overall breastfeeding strategy.

The commissioner must also make the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill of Rights available on the health department's website so that health care facilities and providers may include such rights in a maternity information leaflet.

This builds on previous government commitments to invest # 75 million in improving perinatal mental health services and ensuring all maternity care is considered as part of «Ofsted style» ratings for commissioners.

Acts, Act 203 directs the commissioner of health to convene a healthy worksites work group to identify priorities and develop recommendations to enhance collaborative learning and interactive sharing of best practices in worksite wellness and employee health management.

Commissioners to maintain the full range of health - visiting services, and maintain health visiting as a universal service.

The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK report in 2016 affirmed the borough's actions as it recommends in Indicator 6 (Community - based support) that «commissioners ensure that there is a range of postnatal services that include both health professional and voluntary - sector breastfeeding support to meet local needs and provide clear access to specialist support» and that they «maintain the full range of health visiting services, and maintain health visiting as a universal service».

Prior to her elevation to the commissioner's job, Ritter served three years as an associate commissioner at OMRDD, two years as executive deputy director in DOH's Office of Public Health and 10 years in senior leadership positions in the state comptroller's office.

The report envisioned the entity as being «composed of public health experts, scientists, water purveyors and the Commissioners of the DEC and the DOH.

The Senate health committee voted 14 - 9 — with two Democrats joining all the Republican members — to approve physician Scott Gottlieb to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, sending the nomination to the full Senate.

Dr. Nirav Shah, New York's commissioner of health, says he has answers for all the questions and critics.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

«There are certain requirements in the legislation for the council to convene a couple of times a year — we'll certainly be meeting more often than that the first year — and for the council to make recommendations to the commissioner of health within one year of its first meeting as to the contaminants that should be tested,» says Hutton.

The Erie County health commissioner is calling on members of the New York State Senate to pass legislation she said would save lives.

As the commissioner of the New York State Health Department, Dr. Nirav Shah oversees an agency with a $ 50 billion budget.

«In 2016, nearly 1,400 New Yorkers lost their lives to overdoses,» Dr. Hillary V. Kunins, assistant commissioner at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) announced.

The testimony on Wednesday was less emotional, but more contentious, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle sharply questioned Dr. Howard Zucker, the health commissioner, for several hours.

«This delay could really prevent thousands of children in New York City from receiving preventive interventions and more comprehensive services,» Gary Belkin, executive deputy commissioner for mental hygiene at the New York City health department, said in a statement.

She is commissioner and director of Community Services at the Nassau County Department of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services.

Scott's executive order requires the state health officer to «take any action necessary to protect public health» and allows the commissioner of agriculture to issue a «mosquito declaration» in the affected counties to reduce populations of the insects that can spread the disease.

Jibrilla, who was represented by his media aide, Macaulay Hunohashi, said the state commissioner of health has been directed to move to the local government to assist the surviving victims of the attack.

At the first of three legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls and water quality issues on Tuesday, state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker pointed to the EPA dozens of times as the reason residents were allowed to drink poisoned water without public warning.

The health commissioner says earlier is better because there are several new strains of flu in the shot for which is there is no past immunity and the body needs time to adjust.

Mr. Romaine, a member of the health committee, has asked county health commissioner James Tomarken to provide any available statistics on the number of children on Long Island who need long - term medical care.

In addition to Martens and Driscoll, the board that will vote today is stacked with Cuomo appointees, including the state» acting health commissioner and the secretary of state.

The number of reported flu cases to the county health department is declining, but the commissioner says there are still substantial amounts of flu circulating in the community.

The city's commissioner and assistant director of permits and inspection services told county legislators Thursday afternoon that the city plan focuses on education, collaboration with the county health department and concentrated enforcement in the three highest risk ZIP codes.

And while Governor Cuomo has said repeatedly he's waiting for the completed review from his health commissioner, he has also said that he would make a decision on whether the state should go ahead with hydro fracking before Election Day in November of next year.

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin listens as Howard Zucker, commissioner Department of Health, answers a question during a joint legislative public hearing on water quality and contamination on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

New York's health commissioner is still declining to speculate when his agency will finish a review of the health effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, meaning the state appears no closer to allowing the controversial drilling process.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

Joining in the ribbon cutting are Housing Works CEO Charles King, Levine, Barrio, Dr. Sue Blank, the city's assistant commissioner for sexually transmitted disease control, Bassett, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the city's deputy commissioner for disease control, TAG's Jeremiah Johnson, Dr. Eunmee Chun, director of sexual health at the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Dr. Freddy Molano, vice president of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs at the Community Healthcare Network, and McMhealth at the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Dr. Freddy Molano, vice president of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs at the Community Healthcare Network, and McMHealth Center, Dr. Freddy Molano, vice president of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs at the Community Healthcare Network, and McMorrow.

«I want to give credit to the important alliance between the advocates and the people who work in government,» Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city's health commissioner, said during the March 15 official reopening of the clinic, which is located at 303 Ninth Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets.

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